New Flat Flexible Speakers + OLEDs in one!

Shiggity · Apr 27, 2009

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401102239.htm

There's an example of the speaker.

Kenwood + Japan researchers made this :

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http://news.3yen.com/2009-04-27/stereo-speakers-double-as-oled-lighting/

It's so thin!

They said they want to put these in public transportation places, like airports etc. But considering how little power these use and how flat they are, you could put it anywhere.

Freezer7Pro · Apr 27, 2009

This means conventional speakers will become ridiculously cheap for a while

Although I'm not sure about how something like that can handle low frequencies.

ratbuddy · Apr 27, 2009

Err, nothing new on the speaker front. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrostatic_loudspeaker

Just a minor evolution on those designs.

don'tknow · Apr 27, 2009

Saw that a while back on another forum, though still not sure how good the quality of this kind of speaker can be. I'm very picky about quality after having several 'mid range' audiophile headphones for years now. When I try to go back to similarly-priced speakers the sound is just terrible, unless I spend a noticeable amount of $ on somewhat expensive good quality speakers along with a good amp.

Kind of like if you're used to playing at 1920x1200 8xAA games made in the past 1year and then all of a sudden go back to 1024x768 0xAA games of 7 years ago. Guess we'll wait and see.

xtkxhom3r · Apr 27, 2009

wow those a pretty cool but i think their aiming more for normal desktop speakers and not high quality surround sound stuff

Shiggity · Apr 27, 2009

These definately aren't about quality, more about saving space and saving money / easier setup.

They'll be able to put speakers and lights in places they were never able to before.

Mr. Roboto · Apr 27, 2009

This will probably find its way into laptops nicely. I dont think the sound quality will be there for home use, though.

Freezer7Pro · Apr 27, 2009

Mr. Roboto said:
This will probably find its way into laptops nicely. I dont think the sound quality will be there for home use, though.

Considering the quality of most modern home stereos, I'm quite certain it will

Divvichild · Apr 27, 2009

Nice find. Just imagine the possibilities.....................

IAmMoen · Apr 28, 2009

Freezer7Pro said:
Considering the quality of most modern home stereos, I'm quite certain it will

qft. It will be interesting to see the myriad of uses they come up for this product.

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